Obituaries - March 4, 2001 STATESMAN JOURNAL
Patricia Rae Hughey Welter
Dec. 20, 1938 Feb. 28, 2001
Patricia Welter, 62, of Salem died Wednesday. Cause of death was unavailable. (MARION CO.)
Welter, the sister of former Oregon Gov. Barbara Roberts, owned the Hens Nest from 1972 to 1984 and served on Roberts staff from 1991 to 1993. Born in Corvallis, she lived in Los Angeles in the early 1940s and graduated from Sheridan High School in 1957. She was Miss Yamhill County that year. She lived in Happy Camp, Calif., Portland and Stayton before moving to Salem in 1969. She later taught painting and arts and crafts for many years until being diagnosed with cancer. She was preceded in death by a daughter.
Survivors include her husband, Don; sons, Craig Turley of Redmond, Scott Turley of Jefferson and Robert Turley of Lebanon; sister, Barbara Roberts of Portland; 14 grandchildren; and several great-grandchildren.
Celebration of life will be 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Monday at Mission Mill Museum. Arrangements are by Howell-Edwards-Doerksen with Rigdon-Ransom Funeral Directors. Contributions: Shriners Childrens Hospital, 3101 SW Sam Jackson Park Road, Portland.